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ACA@UBC 12th Annual Seminar and Symposium

Date

February 13, 2020 09:00 - February 14, 2020 16:30

Location

Vancouver

Details

Website: https://acasymposium.arts.ubc.ca

Theme: From Accountability to Memory: The Duty to Document, the Right to Destroy, the Need to Preserve

Hashtag: #acaubc2020

The Association of Canadian Archivists’ Student Chapter at the University of British Columbia (ACA@UBC) is delighted to present its Twelfth Annual International Seminar and Symposium, entitled “From Accountability to Memory: The Duty to Document, the Right to Destroy, the Need to Preserve,” which will be held at UBC from February 13th to 14th, 2020.

ISO 15489 defines appraisal as “the process of evaluating business activities to determine which records need to be created and captured and how long the records need to be kept.” The openness of this definition has allowed records and archival management practices to adapt to the current political and social climate. Currently, governments are issuing legislation that imposes upon public officers the duty to document their activities and decisions. In this context, records and archives managers have become essential actors in the documentation of internal procedures by making appraisal decisions at all stages in the life-cycle of records. Likewise, individuals are gaining power over the existence of records about them and by them through the exercise of the right to be forgotten, while people claim the need to preserve their memory and to choose the place of preservation. The personal and legal liabilities of records and archives professionals have become deep-seated concerns in recent years. Thus, the 2020 Seminar and Symposium will focus on the role of appraisal in society today, as well as on our professional roles in relation to it.

The seminar will take place at The Nest Building at UBC, on Thursday, February 13, 2020.

The seminar will consist of interactive panels with the topics:

  • Accountability Through the Duty to Document Government Activities
  • The Need to Preserve and Right to Destroy Public Records
  • Selection and Acquisition of Sensitive Records
  • Advancing Memory into the Digital Future

The symposium will take place at the Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC, on Friday, February 14, 2020.

The symposium will feature formal presentations from the following speakers:

  • Gabriele Bezzi (Director, Region Emilia-Romagna Records Network, Italy)
  • Adrian Cunningham (Former Director of the Digital Archives Program, Queensland State Archives, Australia)
  • Darrell Evans (Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Society, BC)
  • Lucy Fletcher (Director for Government, The National Archives of the United Kingdom)
  • Susan Laidlaw (Executive Director of the British Columbia Government Records Service)
  • Matteo Manfredi (Director of Master’s program in Archival and Record Management, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador)
  • Andrea Riley (Supervisor of Operations Research and Support, Office of the Chief Records Officer, NARA)
  • Andrew Ross (Manager of Government Records, Archives Branch, Library and Archives Canada)
  • Dieter Schlenker (Director of the Historical Archives of the European Union)